Environmental audit committee joins Boris Johnson in calling for payments to encourage people to ditch diesel cars,as part of measures to clean up UK airThe government should consider a scrappage scheme for diesel cars to score polluting vehicles off the streets of England’s cities, where they contribute to tens of thousands of premature deaths every year, and according to an influential committee of MPs. The call echoes a proposal from London Mayor Boris Johnson who has suggested up to £2000 per car could be paid to score 150000 diesels off the capital’s roads.
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Source: theguardian.com